It made the national state an intermediary between the realization of private personality on one side and of humanity on the other.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

An abundance of fruit is produced by trees; and the roots of plants, particularly of large reeds, possess a sweetness, which they have by nature and by coction; for the water, both from rains and rivers, is warmed by the sun’s rays.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

Whoever entertains it has not come within the region of profitable philosophising on that subject.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

A thousand triangles revealed one pregnant proportion of lines and areas; a thousand beds and bridles served one perpetual purpose in human life, and found in fulfilling it their essence and standard of excellence; a thousand fascinations taught the same lesson and coalesced into one reverent devotion to beauty and nobility wherever they might bloom.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Some were using their ramrods, others putting powder on the touchpans or taking charges from their pouches, while others were firing, though who they were firing at could not be seen for the smoke which there was no wind to carry away.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The latter part of this remark of Polybius points out another principle which has been often verified by history, and which furnished the materials of the little book of “Grands Evénemens par les petites Causes.”
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli

If Congress cannot constitutionally impair the right of private property, or take it without compensation, it cannot constitutionally, legalise the perpetration of such acts, by others , nor protect those who commit them.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

A series of articles in Our Corner on the "Redistribution of Political Power," on the "Evolution of Society," on "Modern Socialism," made my position clear.
— from Annie Besant: An Autobiography by Annie Besant

was crowned at Rheims, Philip the Bold, without a word said previously to any, suddenly went up and sat himself down at the young king’s side, above his eldest brother, the Duke of Anjou, thus assuming, without anybody’s daring to oppose him, the rank and the rights of premier peer of France.
— from A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by François Guizot

The justification for these limitations on the right of private property, on free choice of the individual, on "free competition," must be found in the social result secured.
— from The Principles of Economics, with Applications to Practical Problems by Frank A. (Frank Albert) Fetter

I wish to express my obligation to a number of friends who have kindly lent me aid in the revisal of particular portions of the proof-sheets of this volume.
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

(p. 314) Men familiar with his practices were not the dupes of his artifices, and endeavoured to unmask them: but his apparent conduct was so irreproachable, that their warnings were considered as the result of personal prejudice, or unjust suspicion.
— from Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

A third point of some importance, and which is believed to be quite new, relates to the representation of Port Phillip on the Terre Napoleon maps.
— from Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia by Scott, Ernest, Sir

As wages of skilled labour were about two and one half pennyweights of silver per diem, and a family income of 100 ounces of silver per annum was affluence, the ratio of purchasing power of Attic coinage to modern would be about 100 to 1.
— from De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georg Agricola